According to agent Steve Rushing Monday, Irad Ortiz, Jr. escaped serious injury and all tests came back negative after the ...

Irad Ortiz Jr. was taken to Albany Medical Center on Sunday after being thrown from his mount during a chaotic start to Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup.

A fter a scary fall in Sunday's Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course that resulted in a trip to Albany Medical Center ...

Sunday was a scary day at the Saratoga Race Course. In the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the meet's leading rider, Irad Ortiz ...

Saratoga's leading rider fell from his mount in a bumping incident in the $1-million race Sunday and was taken to a hospital, where all tests for injuries came back negative. His mount, Mindframe, was ...

Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., who was thrown from Mindframe (Constitution) shortly after the start of the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Sunday at Saratoga, was sent to Albany Medical for evaluation. Release of ...

Heading into Friday, Jose Ortiz was just three wins behind his brother at 52 — then Irad Ortiz won four races on the day to bring his total to 59.

After a frightening start to the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) that saw star jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. thrown from Mindframe and run over by Sierra Leone, 13-1 longshot Antiquarian went to win the ...

Ortiz, Jr. joins a group of riders who have won the award previously, led by Venezia, who posthumously earned the inaugural award in 1989.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced Irad Ortiz, Jr. as the recipient of the 2025 Mike Venezia Memorial Award. Ortiz, Jr., based this summer at ...